Saturday, March 01, 2008

Random Presents

My mother sent Eryn a package with a new set of pajamas and a sparkly star wand. When she got me on the phone I asked why she'd also sent me a load of trash. She insisted she hadn't, and that it had probably been my father. But apparently it wasn't him either. Instead, she theorizes that when she handed the box to the packaging place unopened, they took the opportunity to insert a few bonus items: a Federal employee almanac, a cable/dish splitter, beads, a magnet, a broken cell phone (unpictured, although I removed the lithium battery so it can be disposed of properly, and that's pictured), two solar curtains, a hair net, a dead printer cartridge, The Cure for Soul Fatigue (if you're busy and tired of working FOR the Lord - Amazon), and a Tweeze with Cream set that includes a container of ingrown hair remover and electric tweezers, sans batteries. I assume my mother ended up paying to ship me all this crap, which will surely come in handy if I have to seal myself in my house with duct tape because of a national emergency and there's no power, resulting in a bushy beard and head, no heat, and a questioning of why I'm stuck inside and which federal employee I should blame for my woes.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Is it just a practical joke from one of your friends or family?

She says said...

That's bizarre. Maybe she thought she had an empty box when it was really the junk box from her garage or basement or something?

Mac Noland said...

This has to be a joke right? I remember a while back I got a Playboy subscription in the mail. Turns out it was a joke from a friend of mine from college. I thanked him and asked for a monthly prank.

Scooter said...

It's not a joke by my parents. But it would be a funny one. Mac, my friend Kyle will attest to the fact that one of my mail pranks once involved young Mormon women showing up at his door.

boringsahm said...

That is the weirdest thing I have ever heard, here in Australia you don't get extra's you just lucky if you get your package!

Anonymous said...

Your Mother just handed the pajames and wand to the lady at the counter the lady packaged up and sent the items after your mother left. Your Mother did not stick around to see it packed up. No idea where the extra items came from but enjoy them. Dad

PTW said...

Like your dad said - it wasn't an "unopened box," it was an unsealed box.